[prai'veiʃən]
privation
n. 丧失,贫困

例句与用法:

  1. Cold is the privation of heat.
    所谓冷就是缺乏热量。
  2. The survivors suffered many privations before they were rescued.
    那些生还者在获救以前备尝艰辛.
  3. She didn'tfind the lack of a car any great privation.
    她觉得没有汽车并非重大缺憾.
  4. It would be the greatest imaginable privation for her to have to leave London.
    对她来说, 不得不离开伦敦大概是能想像到的最大的损失.

英英解释:

名词 privation:

  1. a state of extreme poverty
  2. 同义词:want, deprivation, neediness
  3. act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
  4. 同义词:deprivation